The Prince Albert Angling Society is a fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 club in the United Kingdom, founded in 1954 by a dozen anglers

Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...

 while fishing a local canal

Canal

Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...

. In 2002 the Prince Albert had over 8,000 members with a 3–year waiting list, making it one of Europe

Europe

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's leading fishing clubs. The club oversees more than 200 waters, including still and river coarse fishing

Coarse fishing

Coarse fishing is a term used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for angling for coarse fish, which are those types of freshwater fish other than game fish . The sport and the techniques used are particularly popular in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.-History:The term "coarse fishing"...

, Salmon and Trout

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

 fishing and even Sea trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

 fishing. The Prince Albert also allows groups to help maintain good standards of fisheries

Fishery

Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery. According to the FAO, a fishery is typically defined in terms of the "people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats,...

in return for off–season fishing tickets.

The president of the Prince Albert is William Bromley-Davenport ESQ. The 6 honorary life members are H.Ogden, J.A.Turner, J.T.Lovatt, C.Swindells, P.Gregory and R.Biddulph.